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The crew was completing a local training flight at Ilorin Airport, consisting of touch-and-go maneuvers. On final approach, during the last segment, the copilot inadvertently raised the landing gear. The aircraft landed on its belly, slid for few hundred metres and came to rest with both engines n°2 and 3 partially torn off. All three crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Gear-up landing following an inadvertent gear retraction on final approach on part of the crew.

Crash of a Boeing 707-351C in Karm Umran: 9 killed

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1988 at 2150 LT

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 707

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Registration:

5N-AYJ

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Cargo

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City

Schedule:

Dar es-Salaam - Cairo - Brussels

MSN:

19168

YOM:

1966

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Circumstances:

During a night approach to Cairo-Intl Airport, the crew initiated a go-around as the visibility was too low (400 meters). A second attempt to land few minutes later was also abandoned. The crew decided to divert to Luxor Airport where weather conditions were better. While approaching Luxor from the north, the crew declared an emergency due to low fuel when the aircraft lost height and crashed onto several houses located in the city of Karm Umran, about 45 km north of Luxor Airport runway 20 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all eight occupants were killed as well as one people on the ground.

Probable cause:

It is believed that the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion.